Furthermore, literature suggests that self–other similarity is particularly relevant to the assimilation effect resulting from upward social comparison, which refers to a process bywhich upward social comparison inspires individuals to obtain the same status or achievements as the comparison targets (Suls, Martin, and Wheeler 2002). Similarity to a superior comparison target could lead individuals who initiate the comparison to conclude that they, too, are superior and are able to achieve the same status (Suls, Martin, and Wheeler 2002; Collins 1996). Therefore, upward social comparison with similar others is more likely to result in aspirationalconsumption behaviors to identify with the comparison targets whose superior attributes are perceived as attainable (Suls, Martin, and Wheeler 2002). On the contrary, the comparisontarget’s superior attributes may be ascribed to perceived differences when comparing oneself with a dissimilar other, rendering upward social comparison less effective (Wood 1989). In addition, research suggests that when faced with ego-deflating upward social comparison, individuals with low trait self-esteem are more likely than their high selfesteem counterparts to inflate their self-evaluation through the assimilation effect when the comparison target is a similar other (Brown et al. 1992).